Wire-holding reel



(N0 Model.)

A WIOKEY WIRE HOLDING REEL.

Patented Feb. 6, 1894.

UN TED "rn'rns ANDREW WICKEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-HOLDING REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,104., datedFebruary 6, 1894. Application filed May 17, ]893. $erial No. 474,498.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW WIoKEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWire-Holding Devices for Self-Tying Baling-Presses, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a certain new and improved wire-holding deviceintended for use upon self-tying baling presses. The wire ordinarilyused to tie bales is commonly heavy, and it has been found impracticableto attempt to take it directly from an ordinary bundle as it is used bythe press. It is my purpose to provide a device adapted to hold alimited quantity of wire in such shape that it may be easily takenby thetying devices Without danger of kinking or unrolling too rapidly.

To such end the invention consists in a certain new and improvedconstruction, which will be understood from the following descriptiontaken in connection with the drawings presented herewith. I

My invention is illustrated in the drawings by means of three figures,of which, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a baling press showinga wire-holder applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;and Fig. 3 is a section in line 33, of Fig. 1.

The frame of the press is lettered A, and the wire-inserting needle, B..These parts are both so well known in the art that it is not thoughtnecessary to illustrate or describe them more fully.

Upon the same side of the press as the needle an upright red, C, isfastened by means of brackets, 0. Upon this rod is pivoted a series ofarms, D, by means of hubs,d, which arms are shown as bent at rightangles, so that a portion, d, may normally rest against the side of thebaling press, and another portion (1 extend fromthe free end of thefirst portion at right angles to said frame.

Upon the free end of the parts, 01 a pin, (1 is provided, and a seriesof spiders, E, are journaled upon these pins, said spiders being fittedto the interior of drums, F, upon which the wire is wound. The armsofthese spiders have at their ends horizontal lips, e, to furnish a restwhen a drum is placed upon one of them; and also thumb-screws, e, bymeans of which a drum may be clamped in place upon a spider.

Upon the ends of the pins, d a thumb-nut, G, is provided and a tensionspring, g, is interposed between said nut and the hub of the spider, E.The spiders are nicely journaled upon the pins, and when the drums areclamped upon the spiders, and the thumbnuts, G, screwed down'to give therequisite pressure upon the spiders, the wire may be unwound from thedrums without any rattling or play, or without any danger of'unwindingtoo rapidly. When one of the drums becomes empty, the arm which carriesit is swung into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, bringingthe drum upon this particular arm out from under the others, where itmay be removed from the spider and a new one substituted with perfectease, When these swinging arms, D, are in their normal position, theparts, d, bear against the side of the baling press which acts as a stopto prevent the pull of the wire from swinging the arms farther.

The principal advantage gained by my invention is that the drums, F, maybe wound with wire by the manufacturer of wire and shipped to theconsumer without serious addition to the weight of the wire; and then,when the consumer wishes to use them upon abaling press, he merelyadjusts one of the spiders, with which he has been furnished along with thepress, into each of the drums, and he has an accurate and easy runningreel from which he can use the wire without danger of kinking ordifficulty of anysort.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- V 1. Thecombination with the hollow drum E, of the removable center E, havingthe horizontal projecting lips e, and the thumb screws 6', substantiallyas described.

2. The combination with the frame of a baling press, of a series of bentarms pivoted thereto, each having one portion normally resting againstthe frame of the press, which acts as a stop, and another portionextend- I00 ing substantially at right angles to said frame, upon thespindle, and a. spring g interposed and aseries of reels removablypivoted upon between the nut and the center. the free ends of said arms,substantially as described. ANDREW WIOKEY. 5 3. The combination with ahollow drum F, Witnesses:

of the removable center E clamped thereto, CHARLES O. SHERVEY,

a. spindle d supporting the center, a nut G A. I. H. EBBESEN.

